 |  Dyslexic children respond to spelling treatment
Brain images of children with dyslexia taken before they received spelling instruction show that they have different patterns of neural activity than do good spellers when doing language tasks related to spelling. But after specialized treatment emphasizing the letters in words, they...  |
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02-13-2006
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| | When Good DNA Goes Bad
When otherwise normal DNA adopts an unusual shape called Z-DNA, it can lead to the kind of genetic instability associated with cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma, according to a study by researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
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02-11-2006
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| | Scientists force virus to evolve as better delivery vehicle
Viruses and humans have evolved together over millions of years in a game of one-upmanship that, often as not, left humans sick or worse. Now, a University of California, Berkeley, researcher has shown that viruses - in this case, a benign one - can be forced to evolve in ways to benefit humans. ... |
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02-08-2006
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| | Brain changes significantly after age 18
Two Dartmouth researchers are one step closer to defining exactly when human maturity sets in. In a study aimed at identifying how and when a person's brain reaches adulthood, the scientists have learned that, anatomically, significant changes in brain structure continue after age 18. ... |
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02-07-2006
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| | Giving déjà vu a second look
Many of us have experienced déjà vu - the unsettling sensation of knowing that a situation could not have been experienced, combined with the feeling that it has. It is usually so fleeting that psychologists have until recently thought it impossible to study. But for some people, the feeling... |
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02-02-2006
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01-30-2006
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01-27-2006
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| | UW scientists unravel genetic puzzle for flu virus replication
Like any other organism, an influenza virus's success in life is measured by its genetic track record, its ability to pass on genes from one generation to the next.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/flu_virus_thumb.jpgBut although much is known about the genes and inner workings... |
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01-27-2006
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| | Hybrid Chimp/Human Antibodies Could Protect Against Smallpox
Results from a new study indicate that hybrid laboratory antibodies derived from chimpanzees and humans may provide a potentially safe and effective way to treat the serious complications that can occur following smallpox vaccination - and possibly may even protect against the deadly... |
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01-24-2006
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| | Researchers Develop Portable "Vein Finder"
When medics are treating trauma patients, every second counts. Yet bruises, burns, and other physical conditions often make it difficult to locate veins and administer lifesaving drugs or solutions.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/Veins_thumb.jpgIn response, a team of... |
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01-19-2006
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| | First Evidence of a Living Memory Trace Observed
An international team of scientists for the first time has detected a memory trace in a living animal after it has encountered a single, new stimulus.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/honeybee_thumb.jpgThe research, done with honeybees sensing new odors, allows neuroscientists... |
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01-04-2006
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12-25-2005
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| | Womb needed for proper brain development
The brains of babies born very prematurely do not develop as well as those who are carried to full-term, according to new research presented today at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Sandra Witelson, a professor of psychiatry and... |
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11-15-2005
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| | MIT researcher presents new view of how the cortex forms
How does the cortex, the brain's executive in charge of high-level thinking and planning, go from a uniform blob of brain matter to well-defined areas with specific sensing, cognition and movement tasks?
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/sur_thumb.jpgA leading neuroscientist at... |
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11-10-2005
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| | Scientists Crack Code For Motor Neuron Wiring
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers have deciphered a key part of the regulatory code that governs how motor neurons in the spinal cord connect to specific target muscles in the limbs.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/cord_thumb.jpgThe researchers said... |
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11-07-2005
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11-07-2005
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| | Turning Sensation into Perception
Perceiving a simple touch may depend as much on memory, attention, and expectation as on the stimulus itself, according to new research from Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) international research scholar Ranulfo Romo and his colleague Victor de Lafuente. The scientists found that... |
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11-07-2005
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10-29-2005
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| | Coral Reef Remedies
Researchers have discovered 10 new molecular structures with pharmaceutical potential in a species of red seaweed that lives in the shallow coral reef along the coastline of Fiji in the south Pacific Ocean.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/reef_thumb.jpgSome of these... |
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